No clear-thinking person would think this is possible. Or advisable. The poster you responded to is a troll.
I agree, I'd like a guy no older than 40. & don't get your panties in a bunch older gentleman(I'm 47, so this applies to me too. I mean, me "also"), but kids seem to be increasingly enamored with younger coaches, to which they can relate on a personal, & even social level. Someone who understands 21st century...jargon, pop culture, etc. & clearly it makes a difference on the field ultimately, as a result.
You mean like Nick Saban and coach K since they are so young LOL! but still gets the best recruiting classes every year.
I think everyone is claiming coach Allen wants a DT QB but what he says is he wants an accurate QB that defense have to account for if they take off and run. looking at Penix and Tuttle those are strong armed QBs with mobility instead of the lead footed Pro style QB.
Are you implying that young coaches don't know what they're doing? We just had an old one that didn't know what he was doing(not in contemporary terms, that is). Younger coaches tend to be in tuned to the current trends in play calling, & when you are not so(such as we've been the last 2 seasons), you suffer.
You are probably 100% correct about that. CTA wants to be a tough, pound the ball/grind out wins type of offense, & in this day & age especially, that is REALLY hard to win with. You just so limit your margin for error when you routinely embark on 15 play, 8 minute drives. Shortening the game is a double edged sword. You are in most games--but so are your opponents, even if you kick their asses up & down the field, they are often still within striking distance of you late in games.
I would rather have that type of offense than an offense that might be on the field for less than a minute and wear your defense out. It works pretty well for UW and Iowa and that is exactly how IU should build their program.
But "that type" of offense can do both--slow it down, or go up tempo. You aren't necessarily out of a game of you get down 3 scores. Hence a much larger margin for error. Yeah it works for Wisconsin, & sometimes for Iowa, but I strongly disagree that that is how IU should build it's program, for reasons I've already stated. To each their own
HC's aren't who they work with intimately everyday. Their position coaches are.
Coach Allen wants an explosive offense in the run and passing game if you guys could read articles correctly. He wants an OC that produces both which is why he tried to get the OSU [Oklahoma State OC] which posters didn't read about. he doesn't want a power running game but a power running game that gains big yards. I am sick of the Coach Allen haters that make up stories instead of reading stories about what he really wants. I guess I should just ignore certain posters that just agree about the wrong thing coach Allen says he wants. The dink and dunk is about Ramsey as I broke down films how he bailed out of the pocket hen he didn't need too and how he missed open receivers in intermediate routes or deeper. People think the OL wasn't very good but Ramsey destroyed passing blocks many times; yes the OL missed blocks but not as often as it seemed. Get over the idea that coach DeBord and coach Allen wanted the offense Ramsey was able to do.
Nailed it! I have a ton of recorded games and Ramsey did miss opportunities.
Hey V just out of curiosity where did you see that coach had contacted Yurcich or at least was interested in? He was a guy I had mentioned weeks ago but was really just wishful thinking on my part. I knew he was leaving OSU as he has fulfilled his obligation to Gundy?
"He doesn't want a power running game but a power running game that gains big yards". You wrote that--a fact which COMPREHENSIVELY eliminates any possibility of further discourse between the two of us. Yogi Berra would be proud.
doesn't every coach want a power running game that gains big yards? guess you can throw in an explosive passing game, too
Highly unlikely that the HC at a MAC school is going to take the OC job at IU in my humble opinion.
His numbers as Miami's OC was in the 60's in terms of offensive ranking. At Ole Miss the first time it was 100th and 90th in the country. His numbers were really only good under Freeze and I think Freeze was running the offense.
As I mentioned his offenses under Freeze were great, but Freeze was a former offensive coordinator and viewed as an offensive wizard. I think Freeze was the play caller too. I am not sure that was really Werner at the helm (although he may well have learned a little something under Freeze). Werner was OC under Orgeron (a defensive coach) at Ole Miss a few years before and was certainly running the offense and it was a disaster. It was also rough sailing when he was OC at Miami.
